单选题 They were expected to be models of virtue, honoured as ______ for their character as for their learning.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] honoured as much for their character as for their learning意为“既因他们的学识又因他们的品格而受到尊敬”。as much…as可译为“不仅(后者)……而且(前者)……”。